A full day program open to everyone about water as a lead up to the UN Water Conference 2023 in NYC March 22-24th, a mid-term review of the objectives of “Water for Sustainable Development (2018-2028) hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands. A Delegation from the Netherlands will gather with Philadelphians at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center to affirm the central role water plays in sustainable development. Speakers, guided history tours, informal conversations and serious game playing will celebrate water, public engagement, place-based education and the conservation of historic and cultural sites associated with water.

Welcome and Conceptual Introduction 10:00-10.20
Water, Water Heritage Sites and Sustainability

Glen Abrams, Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs PWD
Karen Young Executive Director Water Works
Joanne Dahme, Trustee Fund for the Water Works

Content Introduction: Why are we here? 10:20-10:45

Ellen Schultz, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Place-based education and Port City Futures
Carola Hein, UNESCO Chair Water, Ports and Historic Cities
Matteo D’Agostino, TU Delft
Carlien Donkor, TU Delft
Queenie Lin, TU Delft

Water Works at Fairmount — History Talk and Q&A 10:45 – 11:30

Adam Levine/Len Pundt (Philadelphia Water Department Historian and FWWIC Researcher)

Philadelphia’s waterfronts 11:30 – 12:00

Harris Steinberg, Executive Director, The Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Drexel U (Waterfront Innovation Development – Activism and Advocacy Drexel University

Capacity Building 12:00 – 12:30

Eriberto Eulisse, Wamu-Net
Karl Matthias Wantzen, UNESCO Chair River Culture

Lunch Guided Tours 12:30- 14:00

Water Works
POOL
Schuylkill Canal System Exhibit with the curator, Sandy Sorlien

Game playing 14:00-16:30

Water Values
Schuylkill Saved
Aqua Marooned

Concluding remarks and invitation to join NY Water Week 16:30-17:00

Ellen Schultz, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Place-based education and Port City Futures
Carola Hein, UNESCO Chair Water, Ports and Historic Cities